startup issues

The mbr on my Windows 10 professional laptop is missing or corrupt. I've tried to repair it through the command prompt but it won't let me run as administrator because it can not find the runas command. I have bootable usb and able to boot into the troubleshooting mode but it won't repair...

Screen :Reboot & select proper boot Device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key. Don't know what this means. Ctrl alt/delete brings me back to above message. Have turned computer off & back on. No help. Cannot get beyond black screen & above message to "RESTART." Have no...

I run Bluetooth Creative T30 Wireless speakers from my Windows 10 HP notebook computer. However, when I boot the computer from shutdown the speakers stop working. Somehow, the output device changes from T30 to Speaker/Headphone High Definition Audio. I have to go into Bluetooth and Other...

When I turn on my Acer PC Windows 10 boots up to the wallpaper screen where the date and time are showing in the lower left corner and the monitor is showing in the lower right corner. When I press any key to bring up where I enter the password the screen goes black for a few seconds then the...

I installed MySQL on my laptop. Then try to write code but it was giving me error. I thought it was the port using the same as the Microsoft SQL server, Kind of regret That I didn't do a little more research. It wasn't storing the admin password. I used command prompt to reset MySQL password but...

This issue is my friend's who has spent many hours building data using non-Microsoft apps. His laptop refuses to start up into Win10. Microsoft agent says the way forward is to do a custom install on the C: drive. There are three other drives that my friend has created on his 1TB HDD. He...

Hi all! I really hope that I am in the right part of the forum here. I have the following problem: I tried encrypting my laptop yesterday, but while DiskCryptor was running, said laptop crashed. When I turned it on again, it attempted to repair itself, which it wasn’t able to do. I was given...

Not tested on Windows 2000. But if I attempt starting a working XP/Vista/7/8/10 HDD via VirtualBox or a different PC, I can only access the boot menu. Even safe mode results into BSOD.

On start up is interrupted asking to press either f1 to get in Bios to sort it out & set date/time or f2 for defaults. Whichever I choose it still does same on every star up. Can you help? Home build, Asus P5K Premium wifi Intel, Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 95W 2.4GHz, 2x2GB, 240-pin DIMM...

Hi, my laptop show black screen afterfailed restore windows. It is run windows but didnt start anything. I cant restore to factory options. i cant run .exe, regedit, cmd. Sorry for my not good English.

Lenovo T530, Windows 7 PRO, Lenovo Power Manager 6.68.15 (n1au415w.exe). At startup the battery icon that shows percentage of battery remaining is partially obscured on the task bar. (see screen capture) I can toggle the Lock status on the task bar and the icon will reappear correctly. I have...

So I am stepping in for my father who is having some issues with his laptop. For a few days now, he couldn't get into windows 10. Upon starting the computer, a big white rectangle would flash during POST, and then it would load for a second before going into the blue diagnostic screen like...

Before you read, I am very sorry if I posted this in the wrong section. I didn't know what section to use. I am also very sorry if this is too long. So the other day I went to go and develop an application. So I turn on my computer, and my headphones aren't connecting. I hit the restart button...

Hello: I have a HP laptop (G60 235DX) and ~3 times over the past 6 months when I pressed the power button to turn on the computer, a message came on the screen that said that the computer was unable to start and that the solution(s) to solve the problem(s) would be sought to provide me an...

hi, I am 65yrs old and have just got Windows 10 on my laptop and am having a few teething issues to say the least but there are 2 that I would like to get sorted out. 1/ 2016 Microsoft Outlook is starting up when I start computer and I don’t want it to,,,,, NOW outlook is not in startup folder...

Hi, when I turned my pc off last night it did a windows update. Now this morning it won’t start at all. I press the power button and nothing happens. Other plugged in items are working. I’ve looked inside and it looks fine. I’ve tried switching plugs and using another power supply cable from...

Hi im using windows 8.1 Pro With media center i dont know what is it but every time i boot up the windows i see a notification right up the screen that say : Windows Defender Removing Malware i checked the quarantined item but its empty and in all detected items i see this : { Category: Tool...

So one time I was trying to install Visual Studio 2015. (I know 2017 exists but it wouldn't work and I didn't want to take the extra offline steps) Turns out that it got stuck and I had to close it with Task Manager. Now for some reason, everytime I start up my computer. Visual Studio 2015...

A couple of days ago I was on my computer and everything was fine except I tried to open Itunes and it wouldn't. I got an error message but I can't remember what it said. I restarted the computer to see if this would fix it. However It wouldn't load and I got a blue screen on start up. I can't...

Having trouble booting computer after failed Windows 10 update. After cancelling the install restarted machine but only came up with a cursor and a blue background. Got to task manager so changed msconfig to start in safe mode on restart and was going to go back to a restore point. Tried to...